Here’s
the rub: Janine Materna is running
against an incumbent GOP Member of the NYS Assembly, Ron Castorina Jr.; both
Assemblyman Castorina and candidate
Janine Materna are from Staten Island: and they are running in Staten Island’s
62nd Assembly District, which has no connection to Brooklyn whatsoever

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Neither Ron Castorina nor key members of
the Staten Island GOP establishment are amused that the Brooklyn Young Republican Club,
which is lined up behind the Marty Golden faction, invited Janine Materna to speak

After the word got out that Janine Materna
was going to appear as a “speaker” at the Brooklyn YR Club meeting at the No
Quarter Tavern in Bay Ridge, set for 4PM to 6PM
on Sunday May 29th, several Staten Island Republicans complained to
Marty Golden and his Chief of Staff Gerry Kassar. At first, Golden and/or his folks said they
would take care of business and head off the problem. Unfortunately, there was no such business and
nobody headed off the problem. Either
Golden or one of his peeps called Castorina or his rep and told them that
nothing could be done -- the Brooklyn YR
Club is an independent and distinct organization, not formally affiliate with
the Brooklyn GOP.

Independent Brooklyn YR Club has long history of inviting
candidates In contested GOP primaries -- and from districts wholly outside of
Brooklyn

A spokesperson for the Brooklyn Young Republican Club seemed completely surprised that anybody thought the invitation to Janine Materna was in any way unusual or problematic.

That spokesperson first noted that in 2013 the
Brooklyn YR Club invited all of the GOP mayoral candidates to speak before the GOP
primary. He also specifically pointed
out that in 2010 both Michael Grimm and Michael
Allegretti appeared before the Brooklyn YR Club even though the Brooklyn
& Staten Island GOP organizations both had endorsed Allegretti. Also mentioned
was the fact that in 2010, the Brooklyn YR Club invited the candidate
from the 49th AD LaGuardia
Club to speak on several occasions, even though State Senator Marty Golden and
the Brooklyn GOP Organization were backing another candidate.

When I confronted the Brooklyn YR Club spokesperson that
he had no business inviting people from races that are wholly outside of
Brooklyn; and that the Materna-Castorina district is only in Staten Island, he
corrected me by talking about how often Wave Chan appeared at his club. He noted that Chan was running against
Sheldon Silver in an all-Manhattan district
-- and that Chan often noted how
he was getting more support from Brooklyn Republicans than their Manhattan
counterparts.

Most interesting thing in the interview -- No requests by Golden to cancel the Materna
speech

When I asked the spokesperson about Golden or
anybody from his staff asking the Brooklyn YR Club not to let Janine Materna
speak, he seemed honestly and completely surprised. “Nobody asked me, but I’m not the President
of the club.” When I probed more closely,
he opined that there would be no reason for Golden to ask that, because his
Brooklyn YR Club is completely independent pf other political organizations.

The Brooklyn Young Republican Club is what some people call the "Glenn Nocera" group. The Brooklyn Young Republicans are what some people call the "Russell Gallo" group.

Each of these groups accuses the other of not being very young, very Republican or very Brooklyn.....

Both of these groups claim to have proper and long-standing credentials in the form of a "charter" signed by the Young Republican founder Mighty Joe Young (who does resemble and is often misidentified as another famous Republican King Kong).

YOU JUST CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP !!!________________________________________

MEDIA ADVISORY

PROSPECTIVE CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE BOB CAPANO TO ADDRESS BROOKLYN YOUNG REPUBLICANS

Bob Capano, who has been a leading opponent of the bag fee bill that recently passed the City Council, will be the guest speaker at the Brooklyn Young Republicans meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, May 18th. Mr. Capano will address the impact of the bill on New Yorkers and businesses given his unique perspective as a store manager of a Gristedes supermarket, as well as other issues affecting Brooklyn and the city.

Capano is considering running for Brooklyn's 43rd city council district next year, which covers Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, and Bensonhurst.

Syncronicity & symmetry pops up at the oddest times & places. One bunch of Brooklyn "Yung Republicans" puts up a Staten Island candidate running in Staten Island as a speaker in Brooklyn, and the other heap of Brooklyn "Yung Republicans" puts up a Staten Island candidate running in Brooklyn as a speaker in Brooklyn -- if only they would have held their Brooklyn YRs meeting on Staten Island...

About Me

I formerly have commented on various political blogs concerning Republican politics. Although the focus of my political commentary has been on the Brooklyn GOP and other aspects of politics in Brooklyn, I have also posted commentary about national matters.
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